Gearshift for washing machine wringers



Feb. 20, 1940.

F. M. YOUNG 2,190,856

GEARSHIFT FOR WASHING MACHINE WRINGERS File d Dec. 15, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet i Inventor J'RANK M. YbU/VG,

Attorneys Feb. 20, 1940. F. M YOUNG GEARSHIFT FOR WASHING MACHINE WRINGERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 15, 1938 FRANK M You/ya Aiiorneys Patented Feb. 20, 1940 UNITED STATES FOR WASHING MACHINE T WRINGERS ennasmrr Frank M. Young, KiSsimmee FIa, assignor to The Maytag Company, Newton, Iowa, a corporation of Delaware Application December 15, 1938, Serial No 245,995

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improved means for shifting the twin gears of a washing machine wringer, the general object of the invention being to provide an improved connection between the manually operated rotary member and the yoke which shifts the twin gears so as to practically eliminate wear between the parts and insure full mesh of the gearing.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be here inafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, T

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is an elevation with partsin section showing the improved means for shifting the twin gears of the drive means for the rollers of. a wringer. T Figure 2 is an end view of the yoke and a portion of the twin gear assembly and also showing T 25 the rotarymember. i

Figure 3 is a perspective view with the parts separated.

Figure 4 is a the rotary member, yoke and the means for connecting the yoke with the rotary member.

Figure 51s a top plan View of the parts shown in Figure 4. l

Figure 6, is a section ure 4.

In these drawings the numeral l indicates the gear housing of a washing machine wringer, the

on the line 66 of Fignumeral 2 indicates a shaft-which is connected with one of the rollers of the wringer and on which the twin gear assembly 3 1s slidably arranged so that either one of. the twin gears can be placed in mesh with the" beveled gear 4 of the drive shaft 5. The. yoke for shifting the twingear is shown at (i and the rotary member for moving the yoke is shown at 1, this rotary member being connected to a handle 8 so that by turning the handle the member 1 will be caused to move the yoke B to shift the gears in the usual manner. T T

As now constructed a small pin is eccentrically 50 connected with the member I and passesTinto a transverse slot in the yoke but after, use either this pin or the walls of the slot soon wear so that vertical sectional View through the gears 3 do not properly mesh with the gear 4 which results in wear of the gears and usually the gear 4 has to be replaced after the machine has been in use for a comparatively short period of time. T T

It is my object to improve the connection between the member I and the yoke and in carrying out my invention I provide a disk 9 which is eccentrically connected to the member 7 by a rivet Ill and a screw or bolt l i, said screw or bolt passing through a large washer l2, a hole in the disk 9 and into a threaded hole in the lower end of the member 7. A lock washer l3Tis placed between the head of the screw and the washer I2. The yoke 6 has a large circular hole Hlformed in its blght for receivingcthe eccentric disk 9. Thus when the member 7 is turned by the handle 8 the eccentric disk 9 operating in the hole M shifts T the yoke which in turn shifts the gears 3.

Thus the relatively large eccentric disk 9 operating in the large hole M of the yoke will positively mesh the gears 3 withthe gear 4 and practically all wear between the .disk 9 and the walls T of the hole I4 is eliminated.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent. 1

It is to be understood that changes may made in theconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided suchchanges fall within the scope of the append- T ed claims. T T

Having described the claimed as newis: l g

T 1. In a device of the class described, a gear invention, what is T shifting yoke having a large circular hole in its pivot and a bolt passing through the disk into the rotary member, Ta washer larger than the disk through which the bolt passes. a T

FRANK M. YOUNG,

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